Sanitary drinking-fountain.



A. S. NEWTON.

SANITARY DRI'NK ING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 26. 1916.

1 ,QU9,874. Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

ALBERT s. NEWTON, or raovrnnnon, nnozon ISLAND.

SANITARY DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

latented Dec. 26,- rare.

Application filed June 26, 1916. Serial No. 105,805

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT S. NEWTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented cer' tain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Drinking-Fountains, of which the following is specification.

My invention relates to sanitary drinking fountains or bubblers, and more particularly assembled and disassembled.

To the above ends essentially my invention consists in such parts and combinations of parts as fall within the scopeof the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of my nozzle and the adjacent parts thereof including a valve with portions broken awayand parts in section as on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

My device in its approved form is herein shown in conjunction with the usual sup ply pipe A with its external thread a.

B represents any usual or preferred valve in the pipe. i

G is a sleeve or tube provided with an internal thread adapted to engage the thread a. Integral with the top of the sleeve is a circular plate D provided with an annular series of openings d, and having upon its broad edge, side, or periphery a thread above an annular stop shoulder The thread engages a thread 9 upon the lower portion of cylindrical shield or wall G. In-thc present instance an annular series of openings or erforations it are formed near the bottom of the shield.

The nozzle J extends a comparatively short distance above the plate 1) and the perforations it so as to be comparatively remote from the top edge of the shield G. This prevents access of lips to the nozzle. The threaded connection of the member J with the member D makes it-possible to turn the former to anydesired radial position whereby the direction of the drinking stream issuing from the nozzle may be'controlled. This capacity is important, since, for instance, it is undesirable that the inclined drinking stream be so directed as to fall on the hand manipulating the valve. The inclination of the nozzle J 2 is purposed to insure an inclined drinking stream since I have found by experiment that a vertical drinking stream is constantly varying in height due to the weight of the water falling back upon the stream. The height of the stream can never approach uniformity unless the drinking stream be discharged at an incline. Not only does the shield G prevent accessof the lips to the nozzle, but if a person should place his finger over the mouth of the nozzle so as to radially deflect the stream the deflected portion would impinge against the shield, and prevent the remote travel of the water. It is impossible, also, by placing the palm over the rim of the member. G or otherwise, to fill said member, or accumulate by so doing suflicient force to create a radial discharge exterior of the device, as the water escapes through the openings cl and h. It will be understood that satisfactory results are attained with only one series of openings, so that either the openings h or cl may be omitted if desired.

The described shield prevents, as has alreadyv been suggested, the remote travel of the water if the finger be placed upon the mouth of the nozzle. Even more eliective results in this respect have been found to be present when, as'shown in Figs. 1 and 2, an auxiliary plate L is fixed in an intermediate portion of the member G in a plane slightly above the upper end of the nozzle. This plate is provided with a slightly eccentric opening on and with a plurality of arcuate peripheral openings or slots 12. In practice it is found that a. person whose finger is inserted in the opening m of'the plate receives most of the discharge in his and and sleeve. The marginal openings it allow passage .of the waste water. will be observed that the nozzle J has a squared shoulder o particularly adapted to receive a wrench InFig. 1 it to assist in radially adjusting the nozzle. The threaded connection of the member G with the plate D permits a radial adjustment of the member G relatively to the adjusted position of the nozzle J so that the opening m may beaccommodated to the nozzle in anydesired position.

I claim In a stationary drinking fountain, a base, a vertical shield rotatably adjustable on said 1 base, a nozzle rotatably adjustable in the base and having an inclined bore, said nozzle being of less height than the shield, and a plate within the shield above the nozzle and having an eccentric opening, the adjustment of the shield accommodating the 5 ALBERT S. NEWTON.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

